Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-06-23
IS STANLEY y lSu. AS a REPORTER.

An Oiu NoWtY4ptr nkAu 0ttct botEto tst14-
iniscenecs OF tho Great Explorer.
A gentleman who served on the local
staff Of Western paper with Henry NJ.
Stanley. before the now celebrated ex-
plorer had started on his search for
Livingston. tells some very interesting
stories of the friend Of the King Of the
Belgians. 81 met Stanley the last time
he was in New York." said this gentle-
man, "and was greatly surprised to
see that he still retains the appearance. /.
Of young man. In fact, he did not
appear day older than he was when
he left Omaha nearly twenty years ago.
When / made close examination, how.
ever, this phenomenon was accounted
for. He Is. found, a liberal patron Of
hair dyes, and he is made up as much
as any actor on the stage. Henry was
always great on makeup 1t was his
great ability in making something out
of nothing that brought him into dis
credit in Omaha when the first report
of his successful search for Livingstone
was sent across the water"
ITO what do you referp"
"Stanley and Iwere local reporters
together in one Of the frontier towns
when tho Pixies Peak excitement was at
its height. Stanley was also the cor
respondent of several Eastern papers.
1t was supposed that we, on the cxtrcme
edge Of civilization, had extensive fa-
cilities for collecting advance news
from the seat Of tho excitement, and
Stanley was not the boy to let the chance
to make dollar slip, because real news
was scarce. His correspondence to his
Eastern connections was filed with tho
most glowing and blood-curdling ac-
counts of tho trials and tribulations of
the men whose shibboleth was Pixies
Peak or Bust Not day passed that
he did not grind out o column Of horrors.
J One day thrilling account Of an Indian
, massacre would startle the good people
of Boston, New York or Philadelphia.
, The next morning he would tell OF al
! outbreak Of the lawless element in which
there would be fifteen or twenty killed.
. Then would follow story Of the won
derful discovery Of fabulous sum ol
gold by party Of prospectors. AL
, these stories would be made more real
istic by the names Of the killed and
wounded and the exact hour in the, day
when each event occurred. In fact
they bore every indication Of profound
, truth. and they were doubtless believet
by those who read, them. Each, story
> ostensibly came from the mouth o
!. some disgusted miner who had startet
on his return TO his home in the East
I They were in fact perfect works o
: fiction and did great credit to Stanley
( Imagination"
o .Then tho people Of Omaha do NO
take much stock in the reports Of hi
r successful trip into the interior Of Afric
n this timer"
o 20, don't know much about th
: feeling towards Stanley there now.
n new population has grown up in tn
d West since he resided among us, an
those who live in Omaha now are nc
!, acquainted with him."
n "Has he ever been to visit the scene
IS Of his early triumphs since the discoy
g cry Of LivingstoneP" '.'.
II ayes, he was there soon after his frs
. return to America. About the firs
thing he said was in the nature Of abus
for the incredulity with which the pee
IL pie of Omaha had received the report
Of his trip to Ujiji. Ireminded him
,r the Pixies Peak stories, and he SCENE
l to be satisfied. y Washington Cor. Bo
10 ton Post.